Essential Games By Platform


1		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Nominations

2	MSX	Maze of Galious	Castle Excellent	The Castle	Thexder		King's Valley	The Goonies	Lazy Jones	Ale Hop	Bokosuka Wars	Romancia	Guardic	Knightmare
3	MSX2	Metal Gear 2	Vampire Killer	Treasure of Usas	Xak II	SD Snatcher	Space Manbow	Aleste 2	King's Valley 2	Hinotori	Penguin Adventure	Metal Gear 1
4	ZX Spectrum	Head over Heels	The Trap Door	Knight Lore	Back to Skool	Lunar Jetman	Manic Miner	Ant Attack	Deus Ex Machina	Rebel Star	Monty on the Run	Rockstar Ate My Hamster	Jet Set Willy	Chaos: The Battle Of Wizards
5	Amstrad CPC				Sorcery+	Get Dexter (Crafton & Xunk)	Abadia del Crimen	Zoids	Anarchy	Infernal Runner	SpinDizzy
6	Amiga	Knights	K240	Odyssey	Circuit Wars	Tanx 'n' Stuff	Silkworm	The Sentinel	Lemmings			Exile
7	Archimedes	Elite
8	Atari ST		Starquake									Dungeon Master
9	C64	Wasteland	IK+	Last Ninja 2	Turrican 2	Defender of the Crown	Space Taxi	MULE	Laser Squad	Paradroid	Alter Ego	Elite
10	Odyssey 2
11	SNES	Earthbound	Zelda LttP	Live-A-Live	DKC2	Terranigma		Super Bomberman	EVO	Lost Vikings	Actraiser	Rock'n'Roll Racing
12	Genesis	Sonic 2			Toejam & Earl	Gunstar Heroes				Shadowrun	Road Rash	Kid Chameleon	Phantasy Star IV
13	NES	Bubble Bobble	SMB	Battletoads	Guardian Legend	Chip & Dale	Mega Man 2 or 3		Adventures of Lolo	Snake Rattle & Roll	A Boy & His Blob	Gimmick!	River City Ransom	Crystalis	SMB3
14	Master System							Fantasy Zone I	Golvellius	Choplifter	California Games	Penguin Land
15	Game Gear								Master of Darkness	Defenders of Oasis	Land of Illusion
16	Apple II			Robot Odyssey	The Prisoner
17	Atari 2600	River Raid	Yars' Revenge	Adventure	Warlords	Combat
18	Game Boy	Tetris	Wario Land 2	DK 94	Link's Awakening	Cave Noire	Mercenary Force	Cyraid				Daikatana	Survival Kids	Final Fantasy Legends	Kirby's Dreamland 1 and 2	Shantae	Dig Dug	Penguin Wars	Kirby Tilt n Tumble
19	DOS CGA/EGA	Alley Cat	Sopwith	Styx
20	DOS VGA+	DOOM	Alone In The Dark	Sim City 2000
21	Neo Geo											Mark of the Wolves
22	PC-98	EVO: Theory of Evolution
23	Dreamcast	Jet Grind Radio	Samba de Amigo	Crazy Taxi	Chu Chu Rocket	Typing of the Dead						Skies of Arcadia
24	Wonderswan
25	Neo Geo Pocket	Card Fighters Clash	Faselei!
26	GBA	Wario Ware Inc.					Superstar Saga				Wario Ware Twisted		Ninja Five-O	Pokemon FR/LG	Advance Wars	Drill Dozer	Megaman Battle Network 2/3	Metroid Fusion	Astro Boy: Omega Factor	Harvest Moon
27	BBC Micro	Elite-A	Exile	Thrust	Chuckie Egg	Granny's Garden	Repton
28	Arcade -85											Xevious
29	Arcade 86-99											Avenging Spirit
30	Arcade 2000+
31	Lynx	Chip's Challenge
32	TG16/PC Engine	Gekisha Boy	Gomola Speed
33	Wii	Wii Sports Resort	Mario Galaxy 2									WW Smooth Moves
34	Mac (pre-OS X)			Taskmaker	Fool's Errand
35	Intellivision	Microsurgeon	Lock'n'Chase	Dracula	Diner	Thin Ice
36	Playstation Portable	Lumines	Patapon 2	LocoRoco / 2	Megaman Powered Up	Every Extend Extra
37	Playstation Vita
38	Nintendo 64	Majora's Mask	Perfect Dark	Banjo Kazooie	Ocarina of Time	Paper Mario	Kirby Crystal Shards	Pokemon Snap	Mischief Makers	Conker's Bad Fur Day	Pilotwings 64	Goldeneye	Space Station Silicon Valley	Excitebike 64
39	Sega Saturn	Panzer Dragoon									Nights	Steep Slope Sliders	Super Tempo
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1	Criteria:
2	* The game must demonstrate some unique quality or excellence in game design
3	* The game was not supplanted by a later sequel or version in another system
4	EXCEPTION (Link's Awakening rule): not accounting ports/remakes made decades after the fact or i'll go insane